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A History of the County of Lancaster
… 147, m. 135. A fine of 1747 concerning lands in Halliwell, Wigan, &c., also included the chief rents of the township; …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Mabel Hodgkinson, and John Charnley. Mary Holland of Wigan in 1757 bequeathed to Mrs. Winifred Eccleston of St. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… village to meet the great north and south road from Wigan to Warrington. The Liverpool, St. Helens and South … 1368 a number of family arrangements were made. William de Wigan, chaplain, regranted to John de Haydock and Joan his …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 20 During the Civil War period the Parliament placed John Wigan in charge, paying him 1 a week out of the … (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, 58, 251. At that time Wigan was 'a godly and orthodox divine.' Commonw. Ch. Surv. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 27; their tenants about 1540 were Nicholas Dinkley, John Wigan and James Crosse. 28 Another ancient estate was that of … v, fol. 83 b; each of the tenants paid 12 d. rent. Of one Wigan family some details are known. In 1365 William de Hauschagh granted Richard son of Adam de Wigan and William his brother a moiety of all his lands, &c., …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… western end, where there is a junction of the Preston and Wigan branches. The most thickly populated part of the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1901 was 23,504. The ancient road from Manchester to Wigan goes west-north-west through the township. The town of … The London and North-Western Company's Manchester and Wigan Railway passes through the township from east to west, … Bridge. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's line from Wigan to Manchester also crosses the northern corner, where …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and on the storming of the town in 1643 escaped to Wigan. 67 His estates were sequestered by the Parliament, but …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The horrible death of this William (Dr. Anderton of Wigan) is described by Oliver Heywood ( Diaries, iii, 211). …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… leased the manor of Peel to James de Langton, rector of Wigan, at a rent of 5 marks; in addition 2 s. 6 d. was to be …